Separator line with same style as group box
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From: Stanza on 30 Oct 2009 14:25 I would like to include a "separator" in my dialog boxes, which is a single line with text on its left hand side. I don't think there is an actual separator control available so you have to draw one yourself by writing the text and drawing the line. How can I draw the line so that it has the same appearance as the square which is drawn around a group box? The line drawing style of group boxes seems to vary in different versions of Windows, and I'd like my separator's line to match the appearance of a group box.
From: Christian ASTOR on 30 Oct 2009 20:52 On 30 oct, 19:25, "Stanza" <sta...(a)devnull.com> wrote: > I would like to include a "separator" in my dialog boxes, which is a single > line with text on its left hand side. I don't think there is an actual > separator control available so you have to draw one yourself by writing the > text and drawing the line. > > How can I draw the line so that it has the same appearance as the square > which is drawn around a group box? The line drawing style of group boxes > seems to vary in different versions of Windows, and I'd like my separator's > line to match the appearance of a group box. A Group box is drawn with DrawEdge() (or DrawThemeBackground() if themed)
From: Bob Masta on 31 Oct 2009 10:02 On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:25:12 -0000, "Stanza" <stanza(a)devnull.com> wrote: >I would like to include a "separator" in my dialog boxes, which is a single >line with text on its left hand side. I don't think there is an actual >separator control available so you have to draw one yourself by writing the >text and drawing the line. > >How can I draw the line so that it has the same appearance as the square >which is drawn around a group box? The line drawing style of group boxes >seems to vary in different versions of Windows, and I'd like my separator's >line to match the appearance of a group box. > I haven't tried this myself, but I wonder if you could just use a Groupbox with width and length set to fall on the dialog borders, hopefully making the sides and bottom unseen. Just a thought... Bob Masta DAQARTA v4.51 Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis www.daqarta.com Scope, Spectrum, Spectrogram, Sound Level Meter FREE Signal Generator Science with your sound card!
From: Dee Earley on 2 Nov 2009 08:36
On 31/10/2009 14:02, Bob Masta wrote: > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:25:12 -0000, "Stanza" > <stanza(a)devnull.com> wrote: > >> I would like to include a "separator" in my dialog boxes, which is a single >> line with text on its left hand side. I don't think there is an actual >> separator control available so you have to draw one yourself by writing the >> text and drawing the line. >> >> How can I draw the line so that it has the same appearance as the square >> which is drawn around a group box? The line drawing style of group boxes >> seems to vary in different versions of Windows, and I'd like my separator's >> line to match the appearance of a group box. >> > > I haven't tried this myself, but I wonder if you > could just use a Groupbox with width and length > set to fall on the dialog borders, hopefully > making the sides and bottom unseen. > > Just a thought... I use DrawEdge. Admittedly, it won't use any Windows Theme settings, but you can use the Theme API directly for that. SetRect r, 0, 0, ScaleWidth, ScaleHeight DrawEdge hDC, r, BDR_SUNKENOUTER, BF_RECT This rect is limited to 2 pixels high. -- Dee Earley (dee.earley(a)icode.co.uk) i-Catcher Development Team iCode Systems |